diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix
index 0d67988e8208..6142d751dab1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, elk5Version, makeWrapper, jre_headless, utillinux }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, elk5Version, makeWrapper, jre_headless
+, utillinux, gnugrep, coreutils }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch \
       --prefix ES_CLASSPATH : "$out/lib/*" \
-      --prefix PATH : "${utillinux}/bin" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${makeBinPath [ utillinux gnugrep coreutils ]}" \
       --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}" \
       --set ES_JVM_OPTIONS "$out/config/jvm.options"
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
index 73bee6c47f3c..fffc84b2d281 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , fetchurl
 , makeWrapper
 , jre_headless
-, utillinux
+, utillinux, gnugrep, coreutils
 , autoPatchelfHook
 , zlib
 }:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     chmod -x $out/bin/*.*
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch \
-      --prefix PATH : "${utillinux}/bin/" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${makeBinPath [ utillinux gnugrep coreutils ]}" \
       --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch-plugin --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
index a55a43baa0be..ddb1d2299cbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , fetchurl
 , makeWrapper
 , jre_headless
-, utillinux
+, utillinux, gnugrep, coreutils
 , autoPatchelfHook
 , zlib
 }:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     chmod +x $out/bin/*
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch \
-      --prefix PATH : "${utillinux}/bin/" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${makeBinPath [ utillinux coreutils gnugrep ]}" \
       --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch-plugin --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b4fd137f81a..f0143368b248 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2656,14 +2656,22 @@ in
   elk6Version = "6.7.2";
   elk7Version = "7.0.1";
 
-  elasticsearch5 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix { };
-  elasticsearch6 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix { };
+  elasticsearch5 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/5.x.nix {
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
+  };
+  elasticsearch6 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix {
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
+  };
   elasticsearch6-oss = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix {
     enableUnfree = false;
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
+  };
+  elasticsearch7 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix {
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
   };
-  elasticsearch7 = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix { };
   elasticsearch7-oss = callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix {
     enableUnfree = false;
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
   };
   elasticsearch = elasticsearch6;
   elasticsearch-oss = elasticsearch6-oss;